Water Quality
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Fluoride
Table 8.1 Effect of Fluoride in Irrigation Water on Vegetation
mg/L
Species
Effects
Ref.
0.02
barley
root damage in nutrient culture
Bale & Hart, 1973
0.5
Cordyline terminalis
leaf damage in nutrient culture
Conover & Poole, 1971
10.0
peach/tomato/buckwheat
no injury
Leone et al., 1948
100
peach/buckwheat
severe injury
Anon, 1949
180
buckwheat
no injury at pH 5.5
Prince et al., 1949
200
peach/tomato/ buckwheat
killed in a short time
360
injurious at pH 6.5
McClure, 1949
1000
beans
stunted growth